New York (UN), July 29, 2011 (SPS) - Secretary General Ban Ki-moon named Wednesday Major General Abdul Hafiz as Commander of the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
Major General Hafiz, 54, succeeds Major General Jingmin Zhao of China, whose tour of duty ended on 10 April 2011
Maj.-Gen. Hafiz, currently commanding an infantry division of the Bangladeshi army, served two tours as a blue helmet with UN operations in Côte d’Ivoire, including one as a deputy force commander. He also served as a military liaison officer with the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) and as the chief military liaison officer in Zagreb, Croatia.
Major General Hafiz holds a Master in Defence Studies degree from National University Dhaka, Bangladesh. (SPS)
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